Writing and Printing

Deir Alla inscription

The Deir 'Alla inscription or Balaam inscription, listed as KAI 312, was discovered during a 1967 excavation in Deir 'Alla, Jordan. It is currently held at the Jordan Archaeological Museum in Amman. It is written in a peculiar Northwest Semitic dialect, has provoked much debate among scholars and has had a strong impact on the study of Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions.

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• ▸Classical Arabic

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